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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JONATHAN NELSON, OF WARSAW, INDIANA.

GARMENT-SCALE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 717,253, dated December30, 1902.

Application led September 12, 1902. Serial No. 123,057. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known thatl, JONATHAN NELSON, a citizen of the United. States ofAmerica, residing at Warsaw, in the county of Kosciusko and State ofIndiana,'l1ave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Scales, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements ingarment-scales; and its object is to provide suitable means by which, astandard pattern being provided, garments of any desired size may be cuttherefrom, preserving at all times the proper proportions.

To this end my invention consists in certain novel features shown in thedrawings and described in this specification.

In the drawings, Figures 1, 2, and 3 are views of three of the scalesinuse, and Fig. 4 is a view of one of the patterns intended-to be used inconnection therewith.

The scales,preferably twenty-eight in nu mber, numbered from 19 to 46,inclusive, are laid off as shown in the drawings. Each scale is dividedinto ten main divisions, the main divisions being numbered from 1to 10,and each of these Vten divisions is in turn laid oit into eightdivisions, which are (A, 64B, (0,77 5(1 277 KDD LCE, and F, as shown.The actual length of each one of the rules is one-third of the nu mberof inches corresponding to the number of the rule-that is to say, therule No. 30 is ten inches long, rule No. 19 is six and onethird incheslong, and so on. The large numbers at the ends of the rules correspondto the number of inches in the bust measure of the person for-Whom thegarment is to be madethat is to say, if agarment is to be made for aperson having a thirty-inch bust measure rule No. 30 is used for makingall one standard pattern being provided for all sizes in a given styleof garment. It will be noted that the markings commence at the lowerright-hand corner and are marked in `terms of the figures appearing onthe rules.

The second figure to the left of the startingpoint, marked 0, will beseen to be 6 F. This means that from the point zero is measured off withthe rule to be used six main divisions and seven minor ones-that is, tothe point F between 6 and 7. This systern will of course be quiteobvious in reference to the rules.

The operation of the entire system will now be quite evident. The personfor-Whom the garment is to be made is measured, and the rulecorresponding to his or her bust measure is selected. The standardpattern of the garment of the desired style is selected, and an outlinesimilar thereto is laid off with the previously selected rule. E This ofcourse makes the garment when cut out of exactly the same shape as thatof the standard pattern and of exactly the rightv size in bust measurefor the person for Whom it is intended. It will be seen that this is avery great simplification of the ordinary methods of laying outpatternsand an exceedingly desirable improvement.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A rule laid offinto a plurality of equal divisions, each of said divisions being laidoff into a plurality of subdivisions, said subdivisions being designatedby letters of the alphabet, the rule being adapted to be used inconnection with a pattern, the various points on which are provided withindicating iigures and letters, corresponding to the figures and letterson the rule, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I have signed the above application for LettersPatent, at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, this8th day of September, A. D. 1902.

JONATHAN NELsoN.

Witnesses:

RUSSELL WILES, S. BLIss.

